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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has hinted his hope that multiple candidates will run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential race set for September.

Tokyo police have warned the head of a minor political organization over posters advertising a sexual service parlor on an official election bulletin board for the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election.

The Diet, Japan's parliament, wrapped up this year's 150-day ordinary session without an extension on Sunday, after debates centered on the issue of politics and money in the wake of a political funds scandal involving factions at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Japan's Financial Services Agency plans to issue business improvement orders to three units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. as early as Monday, including for illegally sharing information about customers without their consent, it was learned Sunday.

Two Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday.

With Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida having decided not to dissolve the House of Representatives during the ordinary parliamentary session through Sunday, key members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are stepping up moves toward the party's presidential race expected to take place in September.